Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months for ‘merely linking to hacked material’
The Guardian | January 22, 2015
The journalist and former Anonymous member is also ordered to pay nearly $900,000 in what he calls a ‘dangerous precedent’ for indicting hacktivists
In a rebuke to a legion of online supporters and what the journalist and one-time member of Anonymous called a “dangerous precedent”, Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison by a federal judge in Dallas on Thursday.
Brown’s backers from across the web had hoped he would be able to walk free with his 31 months of time served for what they insist was “merely linking to hacked material”. But the 33-year-old, who was once considered something of a spokesman for the Anonymous movement, will face more than twice that sentence. The judge also ordered him to pay more $890,000 in restitution and fines.
At one point he was facing a possible combined sentence of over 100 years, but after prosecutors dropped several charges against him following a plea deal, Brown’s sentencing parameters were reduced.
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